Spatz is a children's comedy series that ran on CITV

CITV

CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...

 during the 1990s, produced by Thames Television

Thames Television

Thames Television was a licensee of the British ITV television network, covering London and parts of the surrounding counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....

 and created by Andrew Bethell. The show originally ran from 28 February 1990 to 10 April 1992, with repeats shown until 1996. The show centred around a fictional burger bar situated in Cricklewood

Cricklewood

Cricklewood is a district of North London, England whose northeastern part is in the London Borough of Barnet, western part is the London Borough of Brent and southeastern part is in London Borough of Camden.-History:...

, London. It was operated by two Canadians, Karen (Jennifer Calvert

Jennifer Calvert

Jennifer Calvert is a Canadian actress with many years experience on stage and primarily UK television. She trained at RADA and is most famous for her role in children's comedy drama Spatz in the 1990s. She has guest starred in other shows such as Mike and Angelo; Stargate SG-1; The Fast Show; Red...

), the owner, and TJ (Paul Michael

Paul Michael

Paul Michael was an American actor best known for his role as TJ, the hapless boss of a burger bar in children's television show 'Spatz'. He was a regular guest star on American television appearing in Kojak, Hill Street Blues, Alias, Gilmore Girls and Frasier among others. He played a cop in...

), the restaurant's manager. Vas Blackwood

Vas Blackwood

Vasta Blackwood is a British television and film actor.Blackwood played Lenny Henry's sidekick Winston Churchill in The Lenny Henry Show and David Sinclair in Casualty...

, Jonathan Copestake, Sue Devaney

Sue Devaney

Sue Devaney is an English actress. She has played various roles on British television including; Debbie Webster in Coronation Street, Rita Briggs in Jonny Briggs, Liz Harker in Casualty and Jane in dinnerladies...

 and Joe Greco also appeared.

Repeats of Spatz were also shown as part of the first series of Scratchy & Co.

Scratchy & Co.

Scratchy and Co was a CITV show, which was broadcast at certain periods from 6 May 1995 to 25 April 1998, which replaced What's Up Doc? as the Saturday morning ITV show.-Premise:...

.